Author: Olivia Cigliano

Fast furniture is less talked about than fast fashion, but you’re probably more familiar with it than you think.

You can take the girl off Tumblr, but you can’t take the Tumblr off the girl.

Sip…sip…sip… You hungrily fill your lungs with the remnants of their scent, a lust-inducing cocktail of fragrance, pheromones, and a touch of BO (but you love it because it’s their BO).

The soft launch sometimes feels like a vehicle of ego rather than affection, like a brag that you’re seeing someone new, perhaps pointed to old flames who loiter in your story views.

Vedic astrology and feng shui consider the color of clothing as a means of protection and energy balance as well. What a foolproof way to get dressed, I thought. Why not dress to my full, universe-guided potential?

Body-conscious styles went mainstream, and white women popularized them in the media. “It girls” boasted an aesthetic that was skinny, blonde, and luxurious, one that young women aspired to.

Over “quarantine”, I even entertained the idea of learning to hand-poke myself, since tattoo parlors were closed, and exiting lockdown with a souvenir sleeve—prison style.

Corsets were essentially a beauty tool that created an artificial shape to adhere to fickle beauty trends and the male gaze. It’s the ultimate symbol of the hyper-sexualization and objectification of women.

“I realized I bought pieces based on the pants,” he said. “I had to buy something that looks exactly similar.” He admits he’s never considered the way he styles himself. It comes naturally.